交春

Chinese

to deliver; to turn over; to make friends
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
 
spring (time); gay; joyful
spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
 
simp. and trad.
(交春)

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Proper noun

交春

  1. (Hakka, Liuzhou Mandarin, Putian Puxian Min, Wu) The "Beginning of Spring", the first of the twenty-four solar terms, around February 3rd, 4th, or 5th, marking the first day of spring according to the Chinese calendar.

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References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “交春”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 199.